The hidden cost of working alone.
Most mission agencies think their challenges are unique. Most aren’t. Hundreds of organizations are wrestling with the same questions about leadership, fundraising, member care, and strategy in a changing world. Collaborate exists to make that obvious — and to make solving them together easier than solving them alone.
Every mission agency thinks they're dealing with unique challenges. They're not.
Ted Esler, President
Three structured ways to work together
Pick the format that fits your season — a sustained peer cohort, a focused working group, or the broader Alliance coalition.
Peer cohorts for senior leaders
Small groups of CEOs, CFOs, mobilization directors working through shared challenges over sustained periods.
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Working groups on specific issues
Initiative-based teams tackling church mobilization, missionary care, technology, and other focused problems.
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The Third of Us Alliance
Coalition of agencies aligned around the third of humanity still without Gospel access and shared strategy.
ReadThree straightforward steps
From interest to impact.
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Each program has its own intake process.
Get matched
We match for fit, season, and value intentionally.
Get to work
Real meetings, outputs, and relationships. Most groups meet monthly to quarterly.
Most collaborative programs are reserved for member organizations. See what membership includes.
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